0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Recitation Upper Division
This course introduces the common silvicultural systems used in North American forests for forestry and wildlife habitat management objectives. Topics range from stand dynamics to thinning practices and regenerative harvest systems in naturally-regenerated forests. Lectures present theoretical concepts in order to allow students to understand forest management practices, while the recitation portion of this course reviews these concepts in light of wildlife habitat management, biodiversity, and other non-timber resources. The recitation is writing-intensive requiring several reflection papers on assigned readings and a semester-ending term paper on a subject of the student's choosing. Credit cannot be earned for both FNR 33800 and FNR 43900. Permission of department required.
Learning Outcomes1Be familiar with technical silvicultural terminology.
2Describe the effectiveness of alternative site preparation, regeneration, stand tending, and harvesting methods for natural stands.
3Describe the impacts of silvicultural practices affect soil resources, forest health, timber production, wildlife habitat, biodiversity, aesthetics and other aspects in natural stands.
4Locate, summarize and evaluate primary and selected secondary literature sources in regards to silvicultural effects on non-timber resources.
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